This is the last call for craft stalls at the Oxford Literary Festival. The festival is taking place in Oxford from 29th March to 5th April inclusive. I am organising a few craft stalls in one of the marquees and have a few spaces left. Please email me ([email protected]) if you are interested in having […]
I have to share this with you. It’s amazing, don’t you think? This is the inside of Radiance Lighting, a lovely lighting and craft shop that stocks some of my tea light holders. This is such a great photo. Radiance Lighting is located in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and is run by designer/maker Hannah Nunn. You […]
What a lovely start to the week. I had an email from Coriandr to say that my interview was on their blog this week. Take a look here if you fancy a look. You can also visit my coriandr shop while you’re there.
My latest folksy purchase arrived on Saturday. It’s a lovely black, grey and white felted brooch made by Beth of Fibrespace. Just wanted to share it with you, if you fancy one too why not hop over to Beth’s shop on folksy and get one, prices start at £6 for the flower brooches. I love […]
Handm@de at Cambridge is on 4th April, that’s pretty soon! The first 200 visitors get a goodie bag which will have various promotional items from sellers at Handm@de. I’ve been busy putting together my gifts. I’ve packed up about 25 brooches and magnets. You can see some of the work that will be for sale […]
After a week of buying a few presents and something for myself from folksy I’m really getting in to handmade items. From now on I’m going to try and The Stone Soup Challenge. Don’t worry, this isn’t the latest diet, read on. The Stone Soup Challenge is a grassroots movement founded by artist Laura Bray. […]
I have spent loads of time online shopping this week but only have two things to show for the hours I’ve spent on folksy and other online stores. There are so many lovely handmade things it’s hard to decide what to buy. My first purchase this week was a lovely dark brown leather phone case […]
Following on from last weeks creative spaces feature there are three more folksy sellers featured today. Thanks to Bonita Keay, Hannah Pinnock and Momtaz Begum-Hossain who have let us into their world. First off is Hannah Pinnock who is based in Lulworth, Dorset. You can read up on Hannah via her blog and buy her […]
The start of this week was white. It snowed. Lots. It was really exciting to get up Monday morning and see everything covered
I thought it would be interesting to share some workspaces of the lovely creative folk that I’ve been chatting to on folksy.com lately. Also wanted to share my workspaces too, I think it’s nice as a maker to be able to see where other makers work as well as buyers getting an insight into the […]